Fingerprint ridge
The crossword clue "Fingerprint ridge" is answered by WHORL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHORL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHORL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WHORL
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHORL, most used first.
- Fingerprint feature - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Fingerprint pattern - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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- Glacial ridge - ESKER, used 74 times
- Rugged ridge - ARETE, used 40 times
- Sharp ridge - ARETE, used 39 times
- Sharp mountain ridge - ARETE, used 38 times
- Glacial ridge - ARETE, used 28 times
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